A Story WOrth Telling d e d f u l o c r n i o , b t l i a l qu s a S a D I ,w A t l i s ' T Qu T I al S i ce r U of emo ran g M b n i t S em f a cr AID rem e e d h T th an in ve lo R BY IE NN LO A L H IT ,W AN HM LE ecently, I moved to a new office at Texas Christian University and ran across the original USITT AIDS quilt design complete with fabric swatches and bios of the first set of names that were inscribed on the quilt. Memories of the 1980s flooded my mind as I remembered how many friends we all had lost during the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Knowing that the original drawings belonged in the USITT archives, I felt that the story of the quilt should be there also. Our quilt is included in block #2802 of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. In 1981, the AIDS virus emerged in the United States. Previously healthy in- 30 | THEATRE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY | WINTER 2018 E IG A P E PO